Fastening device.



No. 767,812. PATENTBD AUG. 16, 1904.

G. HAEFLIGER. FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1903. N0 MODEL.

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I ATTORNEY UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1904.

OECILE HAEFLIGER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

FASTENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,812, dated August16, 1904.

Application filed August 24, 1903. Serial No. 170,641. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OEoILn HAEFLIGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Devices; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fastening means for retaininga-sheet of material upon an ironing-board or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a pair of flexible parallelrods assembled so as to retain a sheet of material snugly upon an objectand also to provide means carried by said rods whereby the cloth may beretained upon the object and in a comparatively rigid position.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for retaining asheet of material upon an object and to adjustably mount said means soas to enable the cloth or sheet of material to conform to the shape ofsaid object.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and more particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of my device. Fig.2 is a plan view of an ironing board provided with a sheet of materialcovering the same and retained by means of my invention in positionthereon. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of my device. Fig. 3 isafragmentary perspective view of a portion of my device.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout allthe figures of the drawings.

In the drawings reference-numeral 1 designates a sheet of material whichis'spread over an ironing-board 2, so that it is smooth on theironing-surface and laps over on the back, as seen in Fig. 2. Myfastening device is then applied in a manner which will be understoodfrom the following description.

In the construction of the improved fastening means I'employ a pair ofparallel rods or bars 8, which are bifurcated (see Fig. 3) at each end,said bifurcation forming extended hooks 9, which are adapted to engagethe cloth at the ends of the board, as is shown in Fig. 3. As shown inthe drawings, the rods 8 are provided with loops 10, which are formed bytwisting said rods, as is shown in Fig. 3. The said bars 8 arepreferably formed from flexible material, so as to give elasticity tothe same, and thereby facilitate the operation of the entire device.Secured to the loops 10 or rings are hooks. These loops and hooks arepreferably arranged in antipodal position. In the drawings I havepreferably shown a hook 11, which is detachably secured to the loops 10.These hooks comprise a single piece of material bent at their ends inopposite directions, and at the central portion a loop 12 is formed forretaining the said hooks upon the loop 10. It will be seen that byinserting the curved end formed upon one of the angular members of saidhook 11 into the loop 10 and passing said member therethrough until themembers of the hook are spread apart the loop formed upon said rod 8will enter the looped portion 12 of the hook 11, thereby positivelyretaining said hook 11 upon the bar or rod 8. The books formed upon thebifurcated ends engage the ends of the material, as shown in Fig. 2, andthe hooks 11 upon the parallel bars engage the ends of the materialextending parallel upon the board. It will be seen that if the clothcovering the board is not of suflicient width to entirely encircle thesame, the adjustability of the rods, which is produced by assemblinghelical springs 13 with said bars, the same may be extended to conformto the width of the sheet of material on the board. It will beimmaterial as to whether or not the hooks are attached to the materialnear the edge of the board or to the edges of the material near thecenter of the bottom of the board when the said sheet is placed upon theironing-board or on any suitable object, as the flexibility of thesprings 13 will take up all shrinkage or extension of the parallelmembers.

It will be seen that the invention may be employed upon other objectsthan ironingboards-as, for instance, upon embroider-ingframesorcurtain-frames or like structures and will accomplish the samefunction as is obtained in assembling the fastening members with a sheetof material upon an ironingboard.

Although I have described the preferred form of my invention in theaccompanying specification and have illustrated the same in thedrawings, I reserve the right to make such modifications and alterationsas shall fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fastening device comprising a plurality of longitudinal bars, orrods, goods-engaging hooks on said bars, means on the bars adapted toprevent longitudinal shifting of said hooks thereon, and means fordrawing said bars toward each other.

2. A fastening device comprising a plurality of longitudinal bars, orrods, goods-engaging hooks on said bars, means on the bars integraltherewith adapted to prevent longitudinal shifting of said hooksthereon, and means for drawing said bars toward each other.

A fastening device comprising longitudinal rods or bars, goods-engaginghooks at the ends thereof, the said rods or bars being provided witheyes at suitable intervals, and laterally-projecting hooks secured tosaid eyes.

f. A fastening device comprising a plurality of longitudinal bars, orrods, goods-engaginghooks on said bars, hook-engaging means on the barscomprising a plurality of oppositely-disposed members formed from thematerial of said bars and adapted to prevent longitudinal shifting ofsaid hooks thereon, and means for drawing said bars toward each other.

5. A fastener comprising longitudinal parallel rods, goods-engaginghooks carried thereby, and springs connecting the said parallel rods,said springs tending to draw the rods toward each other.

6. A fastener comprising longitudinallyextending bars,laterally-extending double hooks for engaging material to be fastened,and means connecting the bars.

7. A fastener comprising bars with end hooks, lateral hooks securedthereto, and yielding connecting means interposed between the bars.

'8. A fastening device comprising rods, a series of hooks carriedthereby, links connecting the said rods, and springs interposed in thelength of each of said links for drawing the rods toward each other.

9. A fastener comprising rods formed with a plurality of hooks at theirends, a plurality of laterally-extending hooks at intermediate pointsupon said rods, and springs for connecting the rods and drawing themtoward each other.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CEOILE HAEFLIGER.

i/Vitnessesz Guo. S. CLAsoN, FRED (Jr. FELLOWS.

